The graphics team at the New York Times has outdone itself with this interesting way of visualizing the current drought plaguing vast portions of the United States. Here in the office, we can't even remember the last time it rained. Granted, we are in San Diego...so that is expected.

A political billboard comparing President Obama to the Colorado movie theater shooter is causing outrage in Iowa.

It shows side by side pictures of the suspected Colorado shooter and President Obama, in mid-laugh. It reads: "Kills 12 in movie theater with assault rifle, everyone freaks out. Kills thousands with his foreign policy, wins Nobel Peace Prize."

If you love both the Olympics and Politics, then this might be the quiz for you. Chapter 5 of the Olympic charter says, 'No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in the Olympic areas.' But somehow, politics historically have a way of entering the games.

The San Jose Mercury News put together this 10 question quiz to test your knowledge on the history of politics and the Olympics.

While watching the news from Spain, I wonder what it would be like to live there now during the global depression and ongoing class war. Or Greece.  Or Iceland, or Italy, or Portugal, or any other country threatened with what I call “national devaluation.”  I would be angry.

At this point Mitt Romney probably wants to pack his bags and come home from his big trip. Romney’s foreign policy credentials are in serious jeopardy. His trip to London and now Israel have only gathered bad press and foreign campaign donations, neither of which will weigh in his favor with American voters.

Late last week, former two-term governor and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson passed the one million mark on the social media platform Google+, passing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 853,378 followers. Since Friday, his following has grown another 11,554, making his total number of Google+ followers 1,011,554.

Whatever side on the debate you are over socialized health care (which I would argue, the new "Obamacare" is not a European-style socialism system) the irony in Mitt Romney's statements to Israel are, well perplexing. For all the anit-ACA babble that comes out of the GOP and for all of Romney's rhetoric in line with that view, here's what Mitt Romney has to say about a health care system that actually IS socialized, and has been for over 50 years: